Rug with cracked ice design
N°
ALG 1580
Period
Circa 1870
Origin
Ningxia, Northern China
Status
Sold
Size
210 cm x 110 cm6'10" x 3'7"
Formerly in the Arthur M. Sackler collection, this fine ivory ground rug shows the so-called ‘cracked ice’ pattern in the background on which float five lotus flower roundels arranged in a quincunxial fashion, surrounded by an array of yellow eight-petaled rosettes. The red is most probably obtained from logwood.